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Manufactured/Badged by:
Zip Sander, Inc.; Young Mfg. ,Inc.
Grand Forks, ND

True Manufacturer:
Zip Sander, Inc.; Young Mfg. ,Inc., Grand Forks, ND

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Sander
Machine Size:	3/4" x 20.5" Belt
Submitted By:	JA Limberg

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Zipee 20-1/2" Belt Sander
Date of Manufacturer:	unknown
Serial Number:	01899
Last Updated	12/15/2025 10:04:54 AM

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Found on Facebook Marketplace in Streetsboro, OH in December 2025 for $20. Seems to be missing only the belt cover. Interesting story on contacting the phone number on the machine, described here: https://owwm.org/viewtopic.php?p=1890764 (with add'l comments), original post pasted again below for sake of keeping it with the machine.

There seems to be three entities related to this: 1) present day YMI, Inc; 2) Young Manufacturing, Inc; and 3) Zip Sander, Inc. All at about the same address as below.

Person at YMI, Inc (Young Manufacturing Industries) I spoke with was super nice and helpful and had been with the company for many years. She sent me the product brochure, sanding belt info sheet, and the parts list/order form, the latter two would have been shipped with the machine as she described. While not apparent from the brochure, there was a previous price of $54.95 underneath the $79.95 sticker.

Posted on owwm on 5-Dec-25:
Zipee 20-1/2" Belt Sander by Zip Sander, Inc. 2131 42nd St. N., Rt 2, Grand Forks, ND 58201
Telephone number (701) 772-5541
Serial Number: 01899

I cannot find a thing on this sander online, but I dialed the phone number on it, and low and behold, the person that answered the phone spent a few minutes with me telling me about it. She had been there for 40+ years. Originally and a long running family-owned business that sold to YMI Industries, who is located next door to the address on the machine. These sanders were made between the mid-80's to early 00's- so not a super owwm. One family member/descendant of the original designer/inventor still works there. The person I spoke to is going to try finding an original brochure to mail to me or make a copy of one. She said a lot of jewelers bought them for precision work, and knife/cutlery makers were frequent buyers as well as woodworkers.

At first glance, it seemed like it might be a sander for a child, but when I picked it up, it is well made. There doesn't seem to be any information on the motor, and I have not plugged it in yet to give it a go.

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